Bottle-stopper and dropper.



PATENTED AUG. 2, 1904.

w. T. GOLDSMITH.

BOTTLE STOPPER AND DROPPER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 8, 1904.

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Attorney Patented August 2, 1904.

PATENT Tries.

IVILLIAM T. GOLDSMITH, OF IVASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

BOTTLE-STOPPER AND DROPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 766,688, dated August 2, 1904:.

Application filed February 8,1904.

To a]! whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WVILLIAM T. GOLDSMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at \Vashington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Stoppers and Droppers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to combined bottlestoppers and droppers.

The object of the invention is to provide a stopper which may be also used as a dropper by which the contents of a bottle or other receptacle may be removed in drops.

A further object is to provide a device of this character which will be simple in construction, can be cheaply manufactured, and is well adapted to the purposes for which it is designed, also providing a device of great convenience and usefulness which when used as a stopper is always at hand when required to be used as a dropper.

\Vith these and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bottle, showing the device in use as a stopper. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the device in use as a dropper. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the device removed from the bottle. Fig. t is a vertical sectional view of the same. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section of a modified form of device. Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional View of another modified form, showing in dotted lines the open position of the parts.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 denotes a bottle, which may be of any style, having a neck 2.

3 denotes the stopper, which is in the form of a tapering plug and may be constructed of any suitable material. In Figs. 1 to 4 of the drawings the stopper is shown as being split or divided lengthwise to form a main body Serial No. 192,656. (No model.)

portion 4 and a segmental strip 5, which when arranged in place next to the main portion forms therewith a conical-shaped or tapering plug. The two portions of the plug are pivotally connected together at their upper or larger end by means of a pin 6.

In the form of device shown in Fig. 5 the stopper is split or divided centrally. thus forming two counterpart sections a and I), pivotally connected together at their upper ends by a pin 6.

In the form of device shown in Fig. 6 the stopper is divided the same as in Fig. 5; but instead of being pivotally connected together, as in the other figures, they are hinged at their upper ends by means of a hinge 7, preferably formed of a flexible strip, but which may be any form of hinge connection. The upper ends of the sections a Z) in this view are beveled upwardly from their outer sides to their inner engaging faces, as shown at 8, thereby permitting one section of the same to be opened outwardly at a right angle to the other section, as shown in the dotted lines. In this form of stopper the meeting faces of the flat engaging faces are slightly beveled or cut away at their inner ends, as shown at 9, to form finger-nail recesses to facilitate the separation of the two sections, as when used with some forms of liquid the sections might be caused to tightly adhere.

WVhen in use as a stopper, the two sections are arranged together, as shown in Fig. 3, and the stopper forced into the neck of the bottle. In pressing the stopper in the sections are forced into air-tight engagement with each other and the bottle securely closed.

IVhen it is desired to use the stopper as a dropping device, the same is removed from the bottle and separated and one part only inserted in the neck of the bottle and slightly tilted, as shown in Fig. 2. \Vhen in this position, the air passes into the bottle above the stopper-section and the liquid passes out below the same in the form of drops, as shown.

The flow of the liquid and the formation of drops may be controlled by incliningthc bottle to a greater or less degree or by inserting the stopper-section more or less into the botresorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this lnvention.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is'

l. A bottle-stopper comprising separable longitudinal sections, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. A bottle-stopper comprising separable longitudinal sections, and means for connecting the sections to permit them to be relatively adjusted so that 'one of the sections alone may be placed within the neck of a bottle for dropping purposes, substantially as described.

3. A bottle-stopper consisting of a tapering cylindrical body, divided lengthwise to form two sections and joined at their upper ends to permit the sections to be separated, substantially as and for the purpose described.

4:. A bottle-stopper consistingof a tapering cylindrical body, divided lengthwise to form a large and a small segmental section pivotally connected together at their upper ends, substantially as described.

5. A bottle-stopper consisting of a tapering body longitudinally divided into sections adapted to be separated, so that one section may be applied within the neck of a bottle to cause the contained liquid to discharge by drops when the bottle is tilted to a discharge position, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing wit- 1 WILLIAM T. GOLDSMITH. Witnesses:

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